27/01/2018
Company Success Depends on Effective Employee Communication
Employee productivity depends on effective communication. When poor communication is common in the work place employees start to feel disheartened and your business begins to suffer.
Simple misunderstandings can cause errors, arguments happen, deadlines get missed, and ultimately employees become discouraged and as a result disinterested. For managers it is imperative that poor communication isn’t slowing productivity. It may sound easy enough but it actually requires some skill
1. Be Present
The more 'visible' you are to your employees the more connected they will feel with the leadership team.
2. Speak Less Listen More
When it comes to effective communication less is more. Pause after making important points and give the employees chance to ask questions; this pause will let you check that employees understand.
3. Follow up with an Email
No matter how interesting your meeting was more than likely employees will not remember everything that was said. Designate a note taker and put this into short concise bullet points.
